zischtag
See also: zischtàg
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- tschischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, zéischtag
Etymology
From Middle High German zīestac, zīstac, from Old High German zīostag, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dagaz (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Tiw”), a calque of Latin dīes Martis (literally “day of Mars”). Cognate with German Ziestag, West Frisian tiisdei, English Tuesday, Faroese týsdagur, Swedish tisdag.
Noun
zischtag m
- (Formazza) Tuesday
See also
- (days of the week) tag der wucha; mäntag, zischtag, méttwucha, dontschtag, frittag, samstag, sunntag (Category: gsw:Days of the week) – Formazza dialect
- See also: Carcoforo, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti
References
- “zischtag” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien